Rogues, Rebels, and Rubberstamps
Subtitle: The Story of Chicago City Council from the Civil War to the Third Millennium
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: January 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9780813397634
Subjects: Central government; History of specific subjects; Local government; Political Science; History; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Illinois; International Relations - General; Political Process - General; Political Science / Practical Politics; Political Science-International Relations - General; STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT; Ethnic & Minority Politics; Urban Studies; American History; PARTIES AND ELECTIONS; City Council; Chicago (Ill.); Chicago (Ill.).; Politics and government
First sentence: The apocryphal story is told that when Chicagoans met in a saloon to elect their first city officials and the votes were counted, there were more votes cast than there were residents.